I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 109 - Could More than One Person be After My Life?

Chapter 109 -109 Could More than One Person be After My Life?

Upon entering the hotel lobby, Fang Xiaocao immediately saw Zhi Qi, who was eagerly looking forward, and behind her, Su Wanqing, Wen Shi, and Yun Luoshu.

Seeing this scene, Fang Xiaocao squinted her eyes.

All four pairs of eyes were gazing in her direction.

The moment Fang Xiaocao’s figure appeared, it immediately drew the attention of the group.

“Xiaocao?”

“Xiaocao, over here!”

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“Xiaocao, look this way!”

The expressions of the four upon seeing Fang Xiaocao were varied.

Among them, Zhi Qi and Su Wanqing showed surprise, while Yun Luoshu and Wen Shi were delighted.

Fang Xiaocao keenly caught the changes in their expressions; Su Wanqing’s reaction, in particular, took her by surprise.

“What is she surprised about?” Fang Xiaocao thought to herself, a question arising in her heart.

This was not the reaction she expected from Su Wanqing.

Zhi Qi’s surprise was understandable to Fang Xiaocao.

After all, her unharmed appearance here, without being taken away by a murderer, was certainly beyond Zhi Qi’s expectations—her surprise was a normal reaction.

However, Su Wanqing showing the same expression seemed a bit abrupt.

In fact, Fang Xiaocao had been lucky to escape this time.

She had made use of the fact that Zhi Qi hadn’t directly hired an assassin but had sought an assassin’s broker to clear her own suspicions and had not provided a photo of Fang Xiaocao to the hitman.

It all depended on real-time dialogue with the assassin’s broker, adjusting the plan based on the situation at hand, to carry out her assassination.

She had discovered this from her encounter with Tom.

When Tom had seen her, there was no surprise at all in his eyes, no sign of the unexpected; he clearly did not recognize Fang Xiaocao.

Fang Xiaocao had this suspicion at that moment.

And later, she confirmed it with Tom.

That’s how Fang Xiaocao had managed to let Tom take her place and step out of the elevator to face the assassin.

If these assassins knew what she looked like,

this trick wouldn’t have worked.

Had she been confronted by three assassins, Fang Xiaocao would have been done for.

As Fang Xiaocao pondered, Yun Luoshu came to her side and supported her.

“Xiaocao, let me help you,” Yun Luoshu said cheerfully.

“Mmm, thank you!” Fang Xiaocao responded, coming back to her senses with a smile.

Among these people, only the simple Yun Luoshu didn’t arouse any suspicion in Fang Xiaocao’s mind.

Because this big guy was truly simpleminded.

“Xiaocao, is your foot injury serious?” Wen Shi asked with concern.

“It’s very painful; I’m a bit scared to walk,” Fang Xiaocao said in a low voice, furrowing her brows.

“But luckily, it hasn’t swollen up yet,” she added quickly, fearing she might reveal a flaw.

“Ah, Xiaocao, you’re such a killjoy,”

“If it’s not swollen, it should be alright, right?”

“Let’s go have some fun!” Su Wanqing complained on the side.

Hearing this, Fang Xiaocao looked toward Su Wanqing and smiled slightly, saying, “I’m sorry, why don’t you guys go ahead? My foot is really too painful; I don’t feel like having fun.”

“How about this, you take my car,”

“I can’t drive with my foot like this anyway,” she continued, taking out the red convertible Land Rover’s car key and handing it to Su Wanqing.

She hadn’t given the key to Zhi Qi because Fang Xiaocao felt that doing so would seem too deliberate.

Zhi Qi, after all, had her own car; even if Fang Xiaocao wasn’t going, there was no need for Zhi Qi to drive hers.

Before, Fang Xiaocao had considered driving for a while, then complaining about foot pain and not being able to drive, seizing the moment when the person most concerned about the bomb issue—in other words, Zhi Qi—would come to inquire, to naturally hand over the keys to Zhi Qi, letting her take over driving, which wouldn’t seem forced.

Now, there’s no need for that anymore.

Just as Su Wanqing uttered those words, Fang Xiaocao could entirely take this opportunity to gracefully back out and hand over the car keys.

Fang Xiaocao narrowed her eyes, observing everyone’s reactions.

Previously, Fang Xiaocao only had Zhi Qi as a suspect, so she hadn’t given it much thought and hadn’t considered testing the waters with the others.

But now, the expression on Su Wanqing’s face at the instant she appeared in the living room had also aroused her suspicions.

There were now two suspects who might have hired an assassin to kill her!

Fang Xiaocao would rather kill the wrong person than let a single one go.

With suspicion present, both needed to be verified.

Even…

Fang Xiaocao had a bold thought.

Could it be that there was more than one person who wanted her dead?

The person who hired Tom and those three assassins wasn’t likely to be the same person.

Although from start to finish, it was Zhi Qi who was contacting her, probing for information, and providing the assassins with her whereabouts.

But…

Who could guarantee…

That the person she was chatting with was actually Zhi Qi herself?

Others had the full opportunity to use Zhi Qi’s phone to send her messages as well.

After all, it was a text conversation on WeChat, not voice or video, Fang Xiaocao had no idea who was at the other end of the phone.

Fang Xiaocao even suspected that the three assassins had not been hired by the same person.

It was just because the three men came from the same agent or the same organization that they cooperated.

These speculations, although far-fetched…

Can’t be denied that they really could happen.

So Fang Xiaocao changed her plan on the fly, expanded the scope of her probing, and decided to back out of the activities with Zhi Qi and her group, to once again work from the shadows, protecting herself while continuing to observe who was most suspicious.

It seemed that the number of people who wanted to kill her had increased.

Fang Xiaocao felt that mingling with Zhi Qi and the others posed a threat to her own safety.

It would be better to stay hidden and observe from the shadows.

Su Wanqing instinctively caught the Range Rover’s keys, a hint of glee flashing in her eyes.

Su Wanqing’s subtle move did not escape Fang Xiaocao’s sharp gaze.

Based on the fleeting glee in Su Wanqing’s eyes, Fang Xiaocao made a judgment.

Su Wanqing was plotting against her car.

But the one who hired Tom to plant a bomb in her car was likely not Su Wanqing.

Otherwise, the car keys in Su Wanqing’s hands would be a hot potato.

How could Su Wanqing show glee if she couldn’t wait to get rid of them?

Of course, this only eliminated the possibility that Su Wanqing was the suspect who hired Tom.

Whether Su Wanqing was related to those three assassins still remained a question mark.

“If that’s the case, I won’t stand on ceremony,” Su Wanqing said as she tucked the car keys into her bag.

“Mm, there’s no need for any ceremony with me,” Fang Xiaocao said with a smile.

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“The fuel in the car is freshly filled, feel free to drive it!”

Fang Xiaocao spoke with a smile.

But her peripheral vision was keenly watching Zhi Qi’s reaction.

As expected, Zhi Qi’s expression became somewhat unnatural.

She looked as though she had something to say but then hesitated.

Her lips moved a few times as if wanting to stop her, but the words never came out.

“It seems hiring Tom was indeed Zhi Qi’s doing, as I suspected,” Fang Xiaocao mused to herself after witnessing the scene.

“Zhi Qi, you don’t have any objections, right?” Fang Xiaocao asked with a smile.

“No… no,” Zhi Qi replied.

“Actually, my car can accommodate four people comfortably, there’s no need to take two cars,” Zhi Qi seemed taken aback for a moment, then quickly spoke up.